Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi has again reiterated his resolve to ensure adequate security of residents of the state during and beyond the coronavirus pandemic.
Fayemi who stated this during the inaugural meeting of the governing board of the newly established Ekiti State Security Network (Amotekun Corps) in Ado-Ekiti at the weekend said his administration would continue to collaborate with the police and other security agencies to ensure adequate training of Ekiti indigenes to police the various communities.
The Governor said he was dissatisfied with the way hoodlums are taking over the forests and communities, urging the security network to go all out at ensuring that every part of the state was safe for all residents.
He asserted that the state would continue to collaborate with other states in the southwest region to share intelligence and ideas to ensure that bandits are not allowed to infiltrate the state borders noting that crimes don’t recognize boundaries.
According to him, “And as governors in the southwest, this was what led to our decision to set up the security network agency on a state by state basis but coordinating and collaborating with one another because crimes don’t recognize boundaries and because of that, we need to share intelligence, ideas and work together in order to ensure that whatever we do at the state level is effective and efficient and its collaboration with other stakeholders.
“We know and we all are very concerned with the security situation in our country, the primary responsibility of any government is the security and welfare of its citizens.
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“The idea, of course, is that security is about people and it should be driven by people, the citizens themselves are the best providers of security because they have information about what is going on in their environment and if they are alive and attentive to it, they would be able to respond effectively to whatever challenges that may arise.”
Fayemi, who noted that the board consists of people who had wide experience in the security architecture representing critical stakeholders alongside the traditional security outfits like the police, State Security Service, NCDC and others.
The Governor explained that the meeting was not a formal inauguration, but a meeting called to rub minds together with the stakeholders pending the time the structure would be formalized with the endorsement and clearance of the state House of Assembly.
The governor stated that the independent complaints agency of the state also put in place alongside the board was to address a legitimate concern of the populace that security apparatus might be hijacked by the political party in office to foment trouble or used to settle political issues.
“The uniqueness of this agency is the independent complaints board because one of the legitimate concern that people are already expressing about the security network agency is that it may either be an extension of the political party in office or it may be used illegally against those who are perceived not to be in the good books of the government of the day.
Members of the governing board led by its chairman, Mr Akin Aregbesola pledged their unflinching support to the efforts of Governor Fayemi at ensuring the security of lives and properties of the residents of the state and assured the government that they would all bring their experiences to bear at ensuring a crime-free Ekiti State.
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